Similar to her Diamond Floral Tiara, it is unknown how the Greek Artist Marina Karella acquired this Parure featuring two necklaces and a pair of earrings set with sapphires, but given it’s similarity to other Van Cleef and Arpels designs of the era, and the similar Ruby Parure given to Prince Michael’s cousin Queen Sofia of Spain by Greek shipping tycoon Stavros Niarchos, it is safe to imagine that the parure was another gift from Niarchos or maybe even a gift from Prince Michael, who gave up his rights to the Greek Throne to marry his commoner bride. Princess Michael wore the Parure at a Gala in Athens in the 1960s.In 1988, the full Van Cleef and Arpels Parure, paired with the Diamond Floral Tiara, was worn by Princess Michael in a portrait with the Countess of Paris and her daughters and daughters-in-law at the wedding ball of Duchess Mathilde of Württemberg and Prince Erich of Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg. Prince Michael was raised by his uncle and aunt, the Count and Countess of Paris, after the early death of his parents.

Princess Michael also wore Van Cleef and Arpels Parure at Prince Henrik of Denmark’s 60th Birthday Gala Dinner in 1994, and has worn it for more recent Gala events, so there is no doubt we will see it frequently in the future, maybe even on her daughters, Princess Olga and Princess Alexandra.